Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, by Julius Bauer & Söhne Province of China Coincidentally

Coincidentally

inscribed “Frid(ericus)

floral embellished grip straps and short crossguard with lion's head quillon tips

the front with a vertical row of four plastic buttons on the far right side

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, by Julius Bauer & Söhne Province of China Coincidentally(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crosses swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and flattened vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Julius Bauer & Shne, Zella Mehlis, measuring 48. 05 mm (w) x 47. 98 mm